The European External Action Service (EEAS) considered, in a document dated 28 February and obtained by EUROPE, that given the current situation in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, a rebalancing of regional CSDP action in the Sahel seemed necessary.
On 22 February, despite the departure of the Takuba and Barkhane operations from Mali and the tensions between the French and Malian authorities, according to the EEAS, the Malian authorities reaffirmed their wish for the continuation of the...